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Interactive Word Walls

Interactive Word Walls. Presentation by Alicia Luick, Summit K-5 Literacy Coach. How do YOU use Word Walls in YOUR classroom???. Turn and Talk. What Is a Word Wall?. A visual scaffold for word study Aids in transfer of reading and writing skills

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Interactive Word Walls

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  1. Interactive Word Walls Presentation by Alicia Luick, Summit K-5 Literacy Coach

  2. How do YOU use Word Walls in YOUR classroom??? Turn and Talk

  3. What Is a Word Wall? • A visual scaffold for word study • Aids in transfer of reading and writing skills • Empower students towards independent learning • MUST be taught into and referred to often

  4. Purpose • Support the teaching of key words and subject-specific terminology • Promotes independence in reading and writing • Provides visual clues and reference for language learners • Help students remember connections between words and concepts

  5. Having vs. Doing • There is a difference between HAVING a word wall, and DOING one. • DOING a word wall means: • Being selective and limiting words • Adding words gradually (5 a week) • Making words accessible • Practicing words (reading, chanting, writing) • Review activities to promote automaticity • Word-Wall words are spelled correctly

  6. Types of Word Walls • Name Word Wall • good for emergent readers learning letter/sound associations • High Frequency Word Wall • Introduce the most commonly occurring words a beginning reader is likely to encounter • Chunking Word Wall • Used to introduce students to word families • Content Area Wall • Useful for content area vocabulary

  7. Using a Word Wall • It is not enough to simply have a word wall in the classroom • Teachers need to directly teach activities with the word wall that actively engage students • Should be referred to frequently and throughout the day • 10 minutes daily for word wall practice

  8. What the Research Shows… • Interactive word wall use is successful with at-risk and delayed readers as well as in the mainstream classroom (Gaskins, 1998) • Classrooms using word walls in a 8 year qualitative study demonstrated gains in literacy learning in conjunction of guided reading, independent reading, shared reading and writing (Rycik, 2002)

  9. Getting Started • Know your students • Complete High-Frequency Word assessments (K-3) • Identify unknown words from the Dolchlist • Administer spelling inventories • Know your curriculum • Identify content area vocabulary to teach into • PLAN, PLAN, PLAN • Work to incorporate daily wordplay activities into your classroom routines

  10. Arrangement & Guidelines • Choose a highly visible location in the classroom • Write words on colored backgrounds, but in black ink • Use alphabetical order as much as possible • Add words gradually (5 a week) • Be selective and purposeful with word selection

  11. Ways to Differentiate • Use word rings or personal word walls • Give words according to Dolch or spelling levels • Keep active those words individual students still need to learn

  12. Word Walls in Upper Elementary Classes • Focus on Latin and Greek word roots OR academic vocabulary • Knowledge of roots links to vocabulary development • Content area vocabulary is largely of Greek and Latin origin • Many ELLs speak first languages semantically embedded in Latin lexicon (ex. Spanish speakers) • Many meet the criteria for “tier two” words

  13. Activities • Word Hunt • Word Sorts • Word Wall Bingo • I-Spy/ Mind Reader • Read-Make-Write • Read in Voices

  14. More Activities… • Create word wall songs • Draw word wall pictures • Make sentences • Rhyming words • Comic Captions • English/ Spanish Translation (for ELLs)

  15. Comic Caption

  16. Even MORE Activities… • Human Words • Semantic maps (for older students) • Clap, chant, write • Look, say, cover, write, check • Flashlight words • Making Words

  17. And MORE… • Color words • Scavenger Hunt • Word Wall Story • Word Pictures (making words out of everyday objects) • Rhyming activities • Easy Endings (adding –s,-es, –ies, -ing, -ed)

  18. For Upper Grades… • Root of the Week • Roots Matching Game • Content Area Connections • Word Study Notebook • Word Pyramid/ Tree • Concept Maps • Root Wheels monarchy govt. History books People vote in a democracy democracy

  19. Your Ideas???

  20. Exit Slip • Please fill out an exit slip before you leave. • Don’t forget to complete the evaluation by Monday in order to get your certificate of attendance. • PLEASE let me know if you have any questions.

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